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Object Number 2004.29.11967
Display Title Member of the Secret Society called "Nkembi"
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Lower Congo / (Bakongo) / Bantu / Member of the Secret Society called ( "Nkembi" / Pallaballa, Lower Congo River / Gift of Drs. H. K. and W. E. Faulkner - Keene, N. H."
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1898
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Republic of Congo / <State> / <County> / <City> / Pallaballa
Additional Geographic Terms Lower Congo
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 10.16 cm (7 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. H. K. Faulkner
Donor Donated by Dr. W. E. Faulkner

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